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16 October 2014
Issue: 7626 / Categories: Legal News
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Rimer & Kay

Two Lords Justice of Appeal have retired.

Lord Justice Rimer, who was appointed to his post in 2007, retired on 7 October. Sir Colin Rimer was called to the Bar in 1968, took silk in 1988 and was appointed a High Court Judge in the Chancery Division in 1994, a judge of the Employment Appeal Tribunal in 2002 and a member of the Competition Appeal Tribunal in 2004.

Lord Justice Maurice Kay, who was appointed Lord Justice of Appeal in 2004, retired on 1 October. Sir Maurice was called to the Bar in 1975 and took silk and was appointed a Recorder in 1988. An employment specialist, he was appointed to the High Court in 1995 and served on the Employment Appeal Tribunal. He served as President of the Judicial Studies Board from 2007 to 2010, when he was appointed vice-president of the Court of Appeal in 2010.

Issue: 7626 / Categories: Legal News
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Hogan Lovells—Lisa Quelch

Hogan Lovells—Lisa Quelch

Partner hire strengthens global infrastructure and energy financing practice

Sherrards—Jan Kunstyr

Sherrards—Jan Kunstyr

Legal director bolsters international expertise in dispute resolution team

Muckle LLP—Stacey Brown

Muckle LLP—Stacey Brown

Corporate governance and company law specialist joins the team

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Non-molestation orders are meant to be the frontline defence against domestic abuse, yet their enforcement often falls short. Writing in NLJ this week, Jeni Kavanagh, Jessica Mortimer and Oliver Kavanagh analyse why the criminalisation of breach has failed to deliver consistent protection
Assisted dying remains one of the most fraught fault lines in English law, where compassion and criminal liability sit uncomfortably close. Writing in NLJ this week, Julie Gowland and Barny Croft of Birketts examine how acts motivated by care—booking travel, completing paperwork, or offering emotional support—can still fall within the wide reach of the Suicide Act 1961
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